The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

A large team of archaeologists, historians and prehistory specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across Spain has ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era boundary stone at the ancient site of Abel Beth Maacah, in northern Israel, ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...

How a 1,720-year-old Roman boundary stone unearthed in Galilee reveals new insights into ancient land ownership, taxation, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, ...

Constantinople was the capital of the ancient Byzantine empire. The empire held sway over much of Italy, Greece and Turkey for more than 1,000 years, the only one in history to have lasted a ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...

In the Middle Byzantine period, which lasted from 843 AD to 1204 AD, at the time of the sack of Constantinople, more than half of the literate people in the Empire were monks. This shows how important ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...